in AM, use 美国英语用 somber
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ADJ-GRADED
(人)忧郁的，严肃的 If someone is sombre, they are serious or sad.
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The pair were in sombre mood...
这两个人情绪低落。
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His expression became increasingly sombre...
他的表情变得越来越严肃。
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Unfortunately, this happy story finishes on a more sombre note.
遗憾的是，这个快乐的故事结局却比较伤感。
sombrely
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'All the same, I wish he'd come back,' Martha said sombrely...
玛莎忧郁地说：“不管怎样，我希望他会回来。”
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She felt more sympathy for Neil's sombrely stolid manner than she ever had before.
她比过去更同情尼尔忧郁而执拗的举止了。
2.
ADJ-GRADED
(颜色)暗淡的;(地方)灰暗的 Sombre colours and places are dark and dull.
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...a worried official in sombre black...
一名身穿深黑色服装、面带忧虑的官员
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It was a beautiful house, but it was dark and sombre and dead.
这座房子虽然很漂亮，但是色彩暗淡，死气沉沉。
- Adjective
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1. grave or even gloomy in character;
- "solemn and mournful music"
- "a suit of somber black"
- "a somber mood"
- synonym： somber
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2. lacking brightness or color; dull;
- 1. A funeral is a sombre occasion.
- 葬礼是个忧郁的场合。
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- 2. His coat was a sombre brown.
- 他的衣服是暗棕色的。
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- 3. His face made him very sombre.
- 他的脸色变得十分严峻。
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